Mareeba council seeks help to pay for new sewage plant

Mareeba Shire Mayor Tom Gilmore says the newly de-amalgamated council cannot afford to the pay the full cost of its new sewage treatment plant.

Councillor Gilmore says it is seeking a Queensland Government subsidy to help fund the project.

He says the plant will cost between $27 million and $30 million.

"That in itself is a very, very significant sum, particularly as an impost when other things are increasing as well," he said.

"We're a long way from actually coming to the conversation about how much we might be able to get in terms of subsidy or whether we can get subsidy at all, we're working on that quietly behind the scenes."

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